The end of live sports TV is near.

FCC has gone totally flippin' daft:

In its continuing crackdown on on-air profanity, the FCC has requested
numerous tapes from broadcasters that might include vulgar remarks from unruly spectators, coaches and athletes at live sporting events, industry sources said.

The only way to stop the airing of someone in the crowd at a ballgame lamenting a dropped pass with "SHIT!" is to put the broadcast on tape-delay. Or put them all on cable, which would deny millions of viewers access to them.

The FCC should be abolished, if not tarred and feathered.

[H/T 2 Drudge.]